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Jon -- Jon Beasley-Murray University of British Columbia A short message, sent from my phone On Nov 28, 2014, at 4:18 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the comments, everyone. I'm way behind on email, apologizes for > that. > > Jon, are you in Vancouver BC or Vancouver WA? > > Pine > > This is an Encyclopedia > One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies > The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve > The well of our future, > The clear water we must leave untainted for those who come after us, > The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by many > hands, > And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how > much we do not know. > —Catherine Munro > > > >> On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 1:50 PM, Jon Beasley-Murray >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> I am happy to help out with some organization in Vancouver, but can't put in >> masses of time. >> >> Take care >> >> Jon >> >> > On Nov 21, 2014, at 2:40 PM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Hi Jason, thanks for the info. >> > >> > Peaceray has followed up with some comments on Meta as well. >> > >> > It sounds like one thing that we have decided, in the usual wiki way of >> > "someone should do X, no one else has stepped up to do it, and I can do it >> > for the most part" is to create an *informal* communications primary >> > contact list that goes something like this: >> > >> > University of Washington facilities/logistics: Mako >> > >> > Portland events, social media coordination, event calendar coordination, >> > and mailing list administration: Jason >> > >> > GLAM: Peaceray >> > >> > Seattle events, and finance/grants/legal: Pine >> > >> > Is that all ok so far? >> > >> > It would be great if we got experienced, knowledgable and reliable >> > contacts for event planning at WSU, British Columbia, and other locations. >> > >> > For the annual plan development timeline, I think we are likely to move to >> > step 2 sometime in December or January. I am currenty woking really long >> > days and something like 60 hours per week plus commute time. I hope that >> > my workload will scale down to a more reasonable 50 hours per week in >> > mid-December, so that I can do other projects including preparing for our >> > first board meeting. One of the downsides of Cascadia's lack of paid staff >> > and the reliance on volunteer time is that actions that would benefit >> > Cascadia must wait until the volunteers can actually volunteer. We can add >> > discussion of volunteer workload, availability, abilities, and risks of >> > burnout to our list of factors for the Board to keep in mind during Annual >> > Plan development. Right now, paid work must be my personal priority; I >> > estimate that I top out at 2 hours per week for Cascadia volunteer work. I >> > hope that everyone understands, and I appreciate your patience. In the >> > meantime, everyone please do participate in the discussion on Meta. (: >> > >> > Regards, >> > Pine >> > >> > >> > Thank you for providing this timeline, Pine. I wouldn't mind if it were >> > posted at Meta so we could keep track of our progress and use it as a >> > checklist. >> > >> > As you acknowledged, I've responded with some program ideas at Meta. >> > Throwing some spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. Truly, our group >> > will be much stronger if more people share their program priorities and >> > wishes, so please take a look at the Meta discussion and add your >> > thoughts. Also, you are welcome to update the "Possible calendar" section >> > with dates for monthly meetups, possible monthly campaigns, one-offs like >> > holiday parties, etc. I added the possibility of a Cascadia meetup at >> > Wikimania 2015. There was not really a Cascadia meetup in London, but >> > since the next conference is being held in North America there may be more >> > Cascadian presence. Also, we can add WikiConference USA once the dates are >> > set. >> > >> > Jason >> > >> > On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 1:13 AM, Pine W <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Thank you AB for commenting on Meta already (: >> > >> > I will explain here how I envision that our plan development process will >> > work. >> > >> > Already done: Assemble a our Board; get consensus for creating a user >> > group including its name and geographic scope; early program brainstorming >> > and wishlisting; Affcom affiliation approval >> > >> > Step 1 (now): draft of program list with community input; finance and >> > legal work in background; WMF trademark agreement >> > >> > Step 2: Board creation of bylaws and appointment of officers; Board >> > selection of programs and calendar for programs; Board authorization to >> > draft a budget and grant proposal; Board authorization to register >> > Cascadia Wikimedians User Group as a nonprofit corporation with relevant >> > government agencies; Board authorization to establish a registered agent >> > and to create a bank account; Board authorization to seek a small >> > "bridging the gap" grant for legal startup expenses like registered agent >> > services prior to our Annual Plan grant; Board approval of trademark >> > agreement with WMF >> > >> > Step 3: Budget and program plan/calendar draft development; obtain small >> > grant for legal startup expenses and execute the funded tasks >> > >> > Step 4: Community review of budget and program plan/calendar >> > >> > Step 5: Board approval of.budget, program plan/calendar, and grant >> > request(s) to fund the budget >> > >> > Step 6: Sumbit budget and grant proposal for review by grantmaker(s) >> > >> > Step 7: Recieve grant funding.and begin to execute programs (: >> > >> > After Step 7: quarterly Board reviews until it's time to create the next >> > annual plan, with possible special meetings on occasion between regular >> > quarterly meetings. >> > >> > Does that all sound ok? Any questions? >> > >> > Thanks, >> > >> > Pine >> > >> > On Nov 17, 2014 3:29 PM, "Pine W" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi all, >> > >> > I've put this on Meta: >> > >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Cascadia_Wikimedians#Drafting_programs_and_an_Annual_Plan_for_our_first_year >> > >> > I'm hoping that people will comment so that we can get a sense about the >> > priorities of our group. The Board can use the comments to finalize a >> > program plan and an associated budget. The budget will be developed to >> > support the program plan. >> > >> > I'm still working in the background about the "infrastructure" budget for >> > issues like insurance, but even these will benefit greatly by being >> > informed by a program plan. >> > >> > One important note is that the plan will likely be adjusted and adapted as >> > our capabilities and opportunities change. My thinking is that the Board >> > can do this via quarterly review meetings with community input. >> > >> > Please share your comments! >> > >> > Pine >> > >> > This is an Encyclopedia >> > One gateway to the wide garden of knowledge, where lies >> > The deep rock of our past, in which we must delve >> > The well of our future, >> > The clear water we must leave untainted for those who come after us, >> > The fertile earth, in which truth may grow in bright places, tended by >> > many hands, >> > And the broad fall of sunshine, warming our first steps toward knowing how >> > much we do not know. >> > —Catherine Munro >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-Cascadia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-cascadia
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